Boring appliance.



A. J. SIGNOR.

BORING APIMNCB.

APPLIUATIGN FILED JULY 2, 1901.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

ALFRED J. SIGNOR, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

BORING APPLIANCE Specification o! Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed JulyiZ, 1907. Serial No. 381,845.

To all whom it may concern:

Bc it known that I, ALFRED J. SIGNOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkhart, Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boring Appliances, of which the followin is a specification.

My present invention re ates to improve- `ments in boring ap liances and isdesign-ed more especially for oring holes in overhead joists for running electric wires and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple ortable apparatus which ma be easil an quickly operated, which shal be dura le and efficient in operation, and practically automatic in its disenga ement from the joist on the completion o the boring operation.

With these and other objects in view the invention includes the special features of construction and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and articularly set forth in`the appended claims.

A boring ap liance embodying my imrovements is il ustrated in the accompany mg drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view and Fig. 3 a transverse section in* proximity to the pawl-inechanism -looking toward the left. Fig. 4 is a detailed view.

Referring more particularly and by reference characters to these'gures, the numeral 4 designates a rod or standard upon which the arts are adjustably mounted by a Loup ing meniborv'hich has a s lit tubular portion slidably mounted on t 1e standard and adapted to be clamped and released by a screw 6 having an operating handle 7. The coupling has a similar split tubular portion 5a designed to be clamped in a like manner to a rod S. The rod 8 is preferably made hollow or tubular in order to combine strength and lightness and has at its upper end a threaded or other suitable connection with the lower branch of a journal member 9, in which is journaled a feed screw 10 which is provided on one side of the journalv member Awith a sprocket wheel l1 and on the other with screw threads as shown. These threads are adapted to engage with a tooth or teeth on a pawl member movable in unison with a feed carriage l2 slidably mounted on a rod or bar 13 projecting laterally from the member 9, the carriage having depending portions 14 slidably engaging the bar. An extension 8 of the rod 8 above the member 9 carries at its upper end a second journal member 15 in which is journaled the shank of the boring tool or auger. 16. The shank of this tool projects throu h the member l5 and has rigidly attache thereto a s rocket wheel 17 over which passes a sproc et 4chain 18 which also passes around a second sprocket wheel 19 )ournaled on a bearing projecting from the sleeve 5*. The wheel 19 is provided with a handle 2O by which it maybe turned to drive the auger. A small sprocket wheel 21 fast on the shank of the auger is engaged by a chain 22 which also asses 'around the wheel 11 and thereby drives the feed screw 1 thou h at a kmuch reduced speed.

It wi The understood of course that while I have shown and described chains and sprockets as the power transmitting means, these are intended to be representative of any means whereby movement may be transmitted from the operating'member indicated by the wheel 19 and-'handle 20. The feed carriage 12 has a tubular portion 12s into and through which the feed screw passes'and an upwardly extending bearing arm 12b which presses against one side of t e joist while the .auger is penetrating froin the opposite side,

the up er end of the arm terminating on a line be ow the lower edge of the auger thus permitting the auger to clear the arm and avoid injuring the point thereof. The earriage is normally held in the extreme left hand position as shown in Fig. 1 by a helical Aspring 22 extending between the forward end o the carriage and a split pin or eye bolt 23 in the outer end of bar 13.

A pawl member 24 has portions 24 encircling the rod or bar 13 on each side ofthe depending iart 14 so as to' pivotally support said paw member- Said pawl member is provided withone or more teeth 25 designed to engage with the threads of the feed screw.

With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, the instrument may be easily raised into position to bring the joist to be bored between the auger and arm. Then by means of a cord 26 attached to a lever 27 pivoted on the carriage and enga ing the pawl, the said pawl may be raised to ring its teethinto engagement with the feed screw when it will be he d by the sprin latch 28 as shown in Fig. 3. Then as the iandlejZ() is operated and the au er rotated, the feed screw will be graduay screwed into the carrie e forcing the au er into the `oist. This wi continue until t e point of t `e auger has passed comt of thc auger from tha juist.

pletely through the joist when a pin mp1 jectionQ.) on the Screw Wi como, in uuml-i with the MWI piece towing it out nl' engage mnt witlll the spring catch 28 :11H1 dsmlgqf" ing the teeth from the threads wimn thv uw ringe will be nmmlizttljf drawn tu tha; tri t by the Spring 22a, permitting the withdrawn! Thu, paw mt) be a, rain engaged with the kttch by tlm 26 wlichpatsses over pulley 30 and down 11,' t a convenmnt operating position.

Having thus dascxibm my invention. whftt I claim is:---

1. A boring appliance cziuuprngg :t wgporting standard, :t "im-ing; tuoi jm'im-if the. upper end thereof, :t tm' n'ojmng ,'Ltvi'- ally rom the standard brmmtt'. thv mm1@ tool, a carriage movably guided un said ma; a. feed screw journaled in thr:` stmuimft, mmm; whereby the rotation of the feed screw mtzvua t said carriage 0n the bm, and luz-fans fm SL multaneously rotatin tw buf-inv 1' mi :met

feed screw, substantie 1y t5 destfzmed,

rmttitzrzily errsmxgaging thv pawl from the 

